Models of Communication
* Description of a system, theory or phenomenon
* An approximation of reality
* Explains the workings of a process
* In essence, to simplify a situation for us to understand better May be a graphic, diagram or even mathematical equation.

Noise source: anything that interferes with the intended meaning of communication

* One way direct transmission
* Usage of transmitter and receiver
* May have noise source that causes interference and disruption to transmission of message

2. INTERACTIVE MODEL (Change roles; feedback; fields of experience)

* Take turns, does not portray changing over time
* Sender and receiver do change roles
* Feedback occurs from receiver to sender
* Fields of experience are present (clarifies why misunderstanding occurs)

Central to Liberal Education
* Primary mission of US College Education in 1800s and 1900s * Rhetoric as practical art for civic life
* By 1900s communication began to include more than public speaking * John Dewey emphasized thoughtful and critical listening, citizenship * Progressive thinking

BROADENING THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATION
* Rhetoricians retained traditional philosophic approaches and concerns...

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Response Paper # 1: Chapter 2
On Chapter 2, Communication and Identity: Creating and Presenting the Self, I was surprised how a multitude of these concepts and ideas are accurately present in everyone. The question that made me contemplate the most is “Who are you?”. It made me think about who am I as a person, what I feel, what I think, my appearance, my social traits and my beliefs. I agree that self- analysis is interconnected with interpersonal communication and is a good beginning step to socialize and associate with others.
Self- Concept is very important to one as identifying who we are. It is our own perceptions we have of self and not only physically but emotionally too. I see it like the foundation when you are building a house it’s the first step towards relating and creating relationships. To build and create relationships with others you have to start a relationship with yourself first. Think positively about yourself because how you look at yourself is where it starts and is how others are going to see you. It is the most fundamental possession, and without self-concept we cannot relate to anyone or the world. It really is a big factor in interpersonal communication and I know this very well because I personally had a very bad concept about myself.
I can relate because I used to think I was “hideous”. I would look at myself in the mirror and think I am UGLY. I...

...﻿COMMUNICATION
The term communication is freely used by everyone in modern society, including members
of the general public, organizational behavior scholars, and management practitioners. In
addition, the term is employed to explain a multitude of sins both in the society as a whole
and in work organizations. Despite this widespread usage, very few members of the general
public—and not a great many more management people—can precisely define the
term. Part of the problem is that communication experts have not agreed on a definition
themselves.
Most definitions of communication used in organizational behavior literature stress the
use of symbols to transfer the meaning of information. For example, one analysis stresses
that communication is the understanding not of the visible but of the invisible and hidden.
These hidden and symbolic elements embedded in the culture give meaning to the visible
communication process.5 Of equal, if not more, importance, however, is the fact that communication
is a personal process that involves the exchange of behaviors and information.
Today, of course, this personal process is not just face-to-face, but is increasingly carried
out electronically through Facebook, MySpace, blogs, wikis, texting, mobile phones, and
e-mail.6 Although associated with emerging Web 2.0 technologies, the still personal
aspects have been noted in no uncertain terms...

...interpersonal communications. Whether the communication is through a working or a personal one, getting the points across effectively is the main goal. Communication is a process of relating ideas or facts with other people. You may think of communication as only verbal, but the fact is there are several ways to relate messages, and I will discuss a few of those choices. Effective listening is also a key skill when it comes to communicating. The purpose is to be able to not just hear the communicator but to listen and understand to the best of your ability. We cannot survive unless there is some type of interpersonal communications.
We need to know why we communicate and there are four reasons:
1. Physical needs: A lack of social relationships could jeopardize your health (Alder, Towne p.4). I have heard through Medical Research that a comatose patience can respond to a familiar voice.
2. Social Needs: Helping to define who we are. Communication provides a vital link with others (Alder, Towne p.4)
3. Identity Needs: Our sense of identity comes from the way we interact with other people (Alder, Towne p.4)
4. Practical Goals: Getting others to behave in ways we want (Alder, Towne p.4).
For whatever reason there is, we can be always be sure there will be a reason to commute a message to another party.
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...out-class opportunities for communicational learning. First, it provides students an eye-open experience by “pushing” students out of their comfort zones to view the outside world. Second, service-learning helps students gain communication skills because they have to talk and interact with different group of people. Not only to view and to talk, but also to think. Students make connections between what we learn from the book and what we actually do during the service thus students make reflections to think about themselves and to make differences in the community. From service-learning, I personally learned that a lot of the poor who go to the “soup kitchens” are actually psycho by talking to them during the service. I used to think people who are poor are definite lazy but service learning changes my point of view. It changes my perspective and gained my talking skills to the homeless.
First, human communication is skilled-based and learned e.g. we learned to influence our parents to get what we want in an early age by crying, later by gesturing and wording. Second, effective communication improves our lives e.g. we need to present ourselves properly using effective communication skills so others can get the right information from us. Third, communication defines us e.g. what we received our young age most shaped our personalities and taught us the way we treat others.
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Communication requires a sender, a message, a medium and a recipient, although the receiver does not have to be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast distances in time and space. Communication requires that the communicating parties share an area of communicative commonality. The communication process is complete once the receiver understands the sender's message.[citation needed]
Communicating with others involves three primary steps:[4]
Thought: First, information exists in the mind of the sender. This can be a concept, idea, information, or feeling.
Encoding: Next, a message is sent to a receiver in words or other symbols.
Decoding: Lastly, the receiver translates the words or symbols into a concept or information that a person can understand.Communication is the exchange and flow of information and ideas from one person to another; it involves a sender transmitting an idea, information, or feeling to a receiver (U.S. Army, 1983). Effective communication occurs only if the receiver understands the exact information or idea that the sender intended to transmit. Many of the problems that occur in an organization are (Mistry, Jaggers, Lodge, Alton, Mericle, Frush, Meliones, 2008):
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...﻿Interpersonal communication
In the principles of interpersonal communication, identify the one principle that is most meaningul to you?
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How did this principle of interpersonal communication affect your relationship?
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Verbal Communication
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...Internet Communication Case StudyCommunication is mediated on the Internet thru social networking, email, texting, and
online dating. According to Wikipedia.org,”computer-mediated communication (CMC) is
defined as any communication that occurs through the use of two or more electronic devices.”
While on vacation, I wanted to see how many of my behaviors of CMC I could identify, based
on my readings and learning in COM 316.
Before I left for Florida, I texted the neighbor and told him we were leaving early
Saturday and would return Wednesday. I asked if he could keep an eye on our dogs. I used an
emoticon smiley face in the text. I didn’t worry about a reply; he’s done it many times before.
On Saturday when I arrived at the Fort Myers airport, I “checked in” on Facebook and
posted the message “flip flops baby!” On Saturday I posted a picture of my son wearing
sunglasses, sitting in our rental, a beautiful Mustang convertible, with the top down. I posted the
message “chilling in 80 degree weather”. Sunday morning, we went to a great church and I
“checked in” on Facebook and posted the message “loved this church!” On Monday, I posted a
picture of the pool. On Tuesday, I took a picture of my son at the beach and posted the picture
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